Project Specialist

Tower Group (Pty) Ltd; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in telecommunications is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee Fixed Services projects. The role requires managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring successful delivery of projects on time and within budget. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing governance frameworks and tracking performance across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years Project Management experience.
• 2 years Mobile and/or Fixed line experience.
• Recommendations: 5-8 years overall experience with 4 years Project Management experience essential.

Responsibilities

• End to end project management of all Fixed Services projects.
• Manage stakeholders and develop project dashboards.
• Track progress against goals and communicate project status.

Skills

Negotiation

Conflict Management

Problem Solving

Analytical

Planning and Decision-making

Facilitation

Project Management

People Management

Time Management

Business Acumen

Civil Technical Knowledge

Education

Relevant 3-year B. Degree, Diploma or equivalent

Diploma or Certificate in Project Management

Job description

Job Description

Role Purpose (to be completed by Line Management/HR BP):

• End to end project Management of all Fixed Services projects
• Stakeholder management and SLA/KPI management
• Manage stakeholders
• Manage Project meetings
• Develop Dashboards per project
• Manage and monitor performance across workstreams
• Ensure delivery, transparency and proactive communication

Essence of Role – Key Accountabilities:

• Project management of all Fixed Services projects (including cross functional strategic programmes implementation)
• Establish Project governance, project prioritization & implementation of best practice
• Create and maintain a roadmap
• Review processes and practices to ensure efficient delivery
• Analyse the projects requirements and liaise with various business leads and business units and define the scope, initiatives and deliverables for each workstream. Priority and Milestones execution
• Liaise with different stakeholders and service providers at all levels
• Track progress against goals and prepare status reports / presentations on progress reviews
• Proactively support stakeholders, and the Business Leads in identifying and prioritizing improvement opportunities ·
• Manage expectations (of team and stakeholder/customers alike) and to ensure commitments are delivered upon
• Manage and lead workstream as required and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously and adjust and adapt as priorities change
• Establish a clear communication plan for project streams
• Reuse project learning and knowledge
• Relationship and stakeholder Management
• All Projects delivered according to plan and Budget with minimal risk
• Develop Dashboards per project
• Provide project updates to key stakeholders: Senior Leadership: (Dashboard & Roadmap report to senior management on project status, risks , budgets and contingency plans)
• Ensure that the appropriate structures and controls are in place to enable and drive effective execution and implementation of deliverables and track and measure performance aligned to agreed objectives (ensure project objectives are measurable and met by tracking major milestones and status metrics of all projects)
• Drive and challenge project teams and business units to ensure successful execution of strategic and program deliverables

Technical / Professional Expertise:

Job Knowledge:

• Fixed and Mobile functional knowledge
• Consumer BU knowledge
• Contract management
• Project/programme management
• Finance / budgeting
• Knowledge of Customer journeys will be an advantage
• Process improvement

Job Related Skills:

• Negotiation skills
• Conflict management skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Analytical skills
• Planning and Decision-making skills
• Facilitation skills
• Project management skills
• People management and interpersonal skills
• Time management skills
• Business acumen and cost management
• Civil Technical knowledge and skills

Education & Experience:

• A relevant 3-year B. Degree, Diploma or equivalent qualification (Essential)
• A diploma or certificate in Project Management (Essential)
• Minimum of 5 years Project Management experience
• Recommendations: 5 – 8 yrs overall experience of which 4yrs Project Mngt experience essential
• 2 years Mobile and/or Fixed line experience (Essential)
• 2 Years Leadership experience (Essential)
• Telecommunications Experience (Essential)
• Experience in managing cross functional strategic projects